Twine dispenser



Jan. 1o, 192s. 1,655,561

G. H. POHLE TWINE DISPENSER Filed Feb. 8. 1927 :gt4 ngi Z//e z5 3a AJlllHHlll/MmmM177" noauto@ Patented Jan. 1o, 192s.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE."

GEORGE H. Bourin, or BaooKLYN, NEWYORK.

' '.LWINE` DISPENSER.

Application vfiled February 8, 1927, Serial No. 166,697.

This invention relatesfto improvements in holders for twine. thread,tape, or the like, and more particularly .to a twine-dispenser oranalogous apparatus, and it is the principal object of my invention toprovide an apparatus or device of this character allowing a freelyunwinding of the ktwine or thread etc. from its spool, and. anadjustment of the spool holder to the length ofthe spool.

Another object of my invention is the provision of 'a twine dispenser ofthis type equipped with means for resiliently guiding of my inventionwill become more fully known as the description thereofproceeds,

and will then be moie specifically deiinedin the appended claim. n

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus constructed according to myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

-As illustrated on the drawing, my novel and improved twine dispenser,holder and cutter comprises a base 10, preferably circular and made` ofwood, however it will be clear that the base may also be ina-de in anyother shape or form and from any material suitable for the purpose. Thisbase 10 has a diagonally disposed depression or groove 11 in its upperface in which thelower, horizontally disposed shanks 12 and 13 0fuprights 14, 15 are movably arranged in superposition and angularly bentfrom said uprights, each having a longitudinal slot 16 formed therein.`These shanks are adapted to be'clamped together and locked in theirrespective relative adjusted positions by means of a bolt 17 set intothe base and carrying at its upper threaded end projecting above theslotted upper member or shank 12, a wing nut 18 or the like allowing` Vaf clamping of the holder shanks firmly in any of their relative adjustedpositions.

kTwo horizontally disposed stubshafts 19 and k,20 respectively yareprojecting. in opposite directions from. the inner facesjofthe uprights14, 15l in the neighborhoodof their upper ends.V

lhese stub shafts are adapted to pass with 'their vends throughcentrally located openingsk in'v the curved or convex-concave end plates21, 22 of a drum or spool, generally Vdesignated 23 upon which thetwine, thread,

yarn, tape lor, the like is wound in the usualk well known manner,asindicated at 24.

A pair of bent leaf springs 25, 26 are ate tached at their lower ends tothe inner faces.'y of the uprighs 14, 15, as at 27, 28, and thengradually spaced therefrom with the spaces increasing in size to theirLipper endswhere they carry'or are equipped with openings through whichthe stub shafts pass and engage at all times the sockets 29, 30 on theplates`21, 22 in order to keep the spool atall times in a. ceiit-ralposition in the holder to avoid a binding of the spool in the holder andat all times securing a free movement of the same around its shafts.

To the outer face of support or upright 15 a holder 31 for a blade 32 isattached in which theblade is firmly held by means of the screws 33 orthe likeso'that the outer edge of the blade projects into a space ntegrally made with the holder atV its lower end and curving from thesame towards its upper end.

It will be understood that I 'have described vand shown the preferredform of my device as an example of the many ways in which the same maybe practically constructed, and that such changes as come within thescope of the appended claim may be made in the general arrangement of myapparatus and inv the construction of the minor details thereofwithoutdeparture from the spirit of my invention and thev principleinvolved.

, Having thus described my'invention, what ioo in said ianges, a wingnut Vat the upper end 0f said pin for loc-king the ianges in theirrelative adjusted positions to allow a regulation of the distancebetween the uprights to accommodate the saine to the size of the spool,a pair of stub shafts extending in opposite directions from the innerfaces of the uprights near their upperends, a Spool, convex-concave endplates for said spool eentralljy located sockets in said plates, saidplates and sockets adapted, or the reception oflsid stub shafts, a pairof bent substantially vertical leaf springs" secured to the inner facesof said uprights attheir lower ends and spaced therefrom having upperperforations through which said stub shafts pass,'said 'springs adaptedto resiliently center the spool between the uprights and securing aready operation of the thread.

Signed at New York in the county of New 20 York and State of New Yorkthis 17th day of lanuary, A. D. 1927.

GEoRen H. Poi-ILE.

